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The Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center shows how forensic science helpeddetermine how Washington looked at earlier stages of his life.

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TODAY’S NEWSN.H. Town OutshinedIn This Boston MassacreK Boston turned into one hugepumpkin patch on Saturday as res-idents of the Massachusetts citylit 30,128 pumpkins on BostonCommon. That set a record forthe most jack-o’-lanterns lit in oneplace.

“It’s fantastic,” said Jim Laugh-lin, a spokesman for a Boston com-pany that sponsored the event.

The record of 28,952 lit pump-kins had been held since 2003 byKeene, New Hampshire. That

town tried to im-prove on its recordSaturday, but litonly 24,682 pump-kins.

To be fair, Bos-ton’s population isabout 570,000people, comparedwith about 22,000for Keene.

About 100,000Bostonians crowd-ed onto the Com-mon to slice, scoop and sculptpumpkins and to enjoy pumpkinpie and pumpkin soup.

Keene did not go down withouta fight. “We had more pumpkins

lit than people who live here,” saidAlan Davis, an organizer.

The friendly competitionsraised thousands of dollars forcharities.

Boston lit 30,128 jack-o’-lanterns to set the record.

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If you have a $1 bill, you have a portrait of George Washington. Helooks kind of grumpy, doesn’t he?

Indeed, almost every image we have of our first president shows himas stern and old. There were no photographs in his day, and there are nopainted portraits of him under the age of 40. So he remains, to us, a re-mote old man frozen in history.

To unfreeze that image, the folks at Washington’s Mount Vernon es-tate in Fairfax County hired a detective named Jeffrey Schwartz. He’sactually a University of Pittsburgh anthropologist (someone who stud-ies people), and he headed a team whose job was to figure out whatWashington looked like as a younger man.

After two years of investigation, the results are in.

Beginning Friday, visitors to MountVernon will see two new faces of Wash-ington on life-size models of him at ages19 and 45. (A third figure shows him atage 57.) In contrast to his dollar-billportrait (at age 63), this Washingtonlooks vigorous, dashing and definitelyin charge.

Schwartz studied Washington’s fea-tures in the many paintings of him in hislater years and sculptor Jean-AntoineHoudon’s well-known bust of Washing-ton at age 53. Schwartz also looked forclues in personal artifacts such as Wash-ington’s famous ivory dentures.

Another specialist measured Wash-ington’s clothes and told the detectivesnot only what size Washington was butwhat his posture was like.

The artists went to work. When theyhad all the facts, the specialists made3-D computer models of Washington’s

features. The next step was to makefoam models. The heads were craftedfrom wax and given human hair. Thebodies were made of plaster.

When he was 19 Washington workedas a surveyor (someone who measuresthe land). The detectives decided thathe had a slightly reddish complexion,blue eyes, brown hair, a long nose, no fa-cial hair and a steady gaze. Almost 6 feet3, Washington had unusually long andelegant fingers. By age 20 he began los-ing his teeth. As one after another wasyanked, the distance between his chinand nose decreased.

When the Revolutionary War started,Washington was commander-in-chief ofthe American forces. Like many middle-aged men, he had put on a few pounds,so the figure of Washington at age 45shows this. His nose is a little broader,his chin has lost its definition, the eyesare a bit puffy and he is beginning toshow some wrinkles. The seriousness ofhis command gives him a sad appear-ance.

Washington became the first presi-dent of the United States when he was57. His face is much fuller now, his eyessinking into the folds. His full head ofhair is white. He stands straight andlooks imposing. And unsmiling.

In this last representation, Washing-ton is shown taking the oath of office.Visitors at the new education center willbe able to place their hands on a replicaBible and hear the roar of the crowd.

— Jacqueline Trescott

That’s Him,By George

A mansion — even a mini-mansion —takes a lot of work. It took five years, infact, and more than 50 artists to createthe miniature Mount Vernon that goes ondisplay Friday at the real Mount Vernon.

The scale on the mini is one inch toone foot, so if George Washington wereto walk through its front door, he’d beabout six inches tall.

Some mini-facts to oooh over:

K The doorknobs turn, the windowsopen, the candles and fireplaces light up.

K The dining room has more than 50pieces of silverware, and its rug tookmore than 500 hours to needlepoint.

K The tiny trunk in Washington’s studyhas his full signature etched on thenameplate, which is this long: — .

K The blue-and-white china was paintedusing a mouse whisker.

A Model Home

The tiny working model of MountVernon took five years to create.

The teenager of our country: George Washington as he looked as a 19-year-old surveyor, one of two new faces that greet Mount Vernon visitors.

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Steven Horak curls the human hair used forthe model of President Washington at 57.

Washington, Mount Vernon Get a Makeover

The model ofGeneralWashington atage 45 on hishorse,Blueskin.

K Read more about Mount Vernon’s new museum on A1 and in today’s Style section.

In October 1777, during the Revolutionary War, General George Washingtonreturned the British commander-in-chief’s dog, which had been captured

by American troops. How gentlemanly!

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